Word: factor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Henri Spaak, rejected Van Zeeland's proposals, ordered their powerful trade unions to prepare for a general strike. Led by Roger Motz, the Liberals also rejected the Catholic proposal. The Communists and their bosses such as Edgard Lalmand were not consulted. They have been steadily fading as a factor in Belgian politics, and nobody consults them these days...
...King Is Useless." A complicating factor is Leopold's Bavarian-born, 72-year-old mother, Elisabeth, widow of the revered Albert and heroine of World War I. She has a habit of popping up in Brussels to dedicate Communist art exhibits, and was recently listed as one of the sponsors of the Communist "peace" rally in Paris...
...theory behind the exchange: there may be some factor in normal blood that combats leukemia; it might work on the bone marrow, source of the abnormal, immature cells, or it might work on the cells themselves. The doctors hoped to increase this suspected factor X in the convict's bloodstream by giving it extra work to do in fighting the child's leukemia. It was the first such experiment on human beings, although transfusions of normal blood are standard practice for leukemia victims as a life-prolonging measure. One difficulty had been getting a donor willing to exchange...
...report from the Board of Overseers, believed to have recommended reinstatement of Geography, was referred to the Committee on Educational Policy early this term. Buck denied, however, that this report was the main factor in the setting up of the special body. "We've been considering it for longer than that," he said...
...more proof of Harvard's theoretical superiority is needed, there is the factor that the home crew has a physical advantage, both from knowing its own waters and being spared the ordeal of a long journey...